Joe Ng Joo Pong is a Malaysian cyclist who represented Malaysia at the 1964

1964 Summer Olympics

The 1964 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Tokyo, Japan in 1964. Tokyo had been awarded with the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this honor was subsequently passed to Helsinki because of Japan's...

 and 1968 Summer Olympics

1968 Summer Olympics

The 1968 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Mexico City, Mexico in October 1968. The 1968 Games were the first Olympic Games hosted by a developing country, and the first Games hosted by a Spanish-speaking country...

 and the 1966 Asian Games

1966 Asian Games

The 1966 Asian Games, also known as the V Asiad, is a multi-sport event which held from December 9, 1966 to December 20, 1966 in Bangkok, Thailand. A total of 142 events in 14 sports will be contested by athletes in the game. Taiwan and Israel returned to the Asian Games, reversing the decision...

.

His greatest success at a major international was when he was 19 and was chosen to represent Malaysia at the 1966 Asian Games in Bangkok. He won the individual gold medal in the long-distance cycling competition. Everyone in Malaysia that time was surprised because no one expected Malaysia to win any medals in cycling because Japan had dominated it for so long. Even the Malaysian contingent was surprised because they did not think cycling could bring in any medals. Cycling did extremely well for Malaysia during 1966 era. Besides Ng, his brother also won a gold medal and so did another cyclist, Daud Ibrahim, who won a gold medal in the 1,600m cycling event.